Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 1 2 2
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 2
Doran 2b 5 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Henderson rf 3 0 2 0
  Puhl ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 2 1 1 0
  Walling ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 1 0
  Reynolds pr 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 1 1 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 1 0
Daniels lf 4 2 4 4
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 1 1 1
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 3 0 2 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Houston 000 030 1004100
Cincinnati 100 100 1025110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin   8.0 8 3 3 2 5
  Smith  L (0-1) 0.1 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.1
11
5
5
3
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen   6.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Williams   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Murphy   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Rijo  W (1-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Diaz (1).  2B–Houston Young 2 (2,off Rasmussen,off Williams); Ramirez (2,off Rasmussen); Walling (2,off Williams), Cincinnati Sabo (2,off Darwin); Treadway (2,off Darwin).  3B–Houston Ramirez (1,off Rasmussen).  HR–Houston Hatcher (1,5th inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Daniels 2 (3,1st inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out); Diaz (1,4th inning off Darwin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Darwin (1,off Rasmussen).  HBP–Davis (1,by Rasmussen); Larkin (1,by Darwin).  IBB–Hatcher (1,by Murphy).  CS–Henderson (1,2nd base by Rasmussen/Diaz).  SB–Larkin (4,2nd base off Darwin/Bailey); Sabo (2,2nd base off Darwin/Bailey).  WP–Murphy (1).  HBP–Darwin (1,Larkin); Rasmussen (1,Davis).  IBB–Murphy (1,Hatcher).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:42.  A–25,615.
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